Employment prospects are dim for China’s college graduates amid an economic slowdown.
While the number of graduates entering the job market has significantly increased, small- and medium-sized enterprises—the primary employers of new graduates—have suffered mass closures due to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) three-year “zero-COVID” policy. Consequently, graduates are under unprecedented pressure to find work.
On May 11, Ding Xuexiang, vice premier of the State Council, spoke during a telephone conference on employment and entrepreneurship for new college graduates. Given the dismal state of China’s job market, he urged lawmakers to implement stable employment policies to assist recent graduates struggling to find jobs….